Posts from the ‘Al Badr’ Category
View all this week’s Al-Badr articles here or download the issue as a pdf to read it later.
In this week’s issue of Al-Badr:
• Ahadith
• A Word from the Editor
• At Our Mother’s Feet
• The Importance of Elders
• The True Meaning of Family
• Mama I love you – now, where’s my food?!…
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Yasmin Mogahed will be coming to UCL on the last day of term, Friday 14th December 2012, to do a book signing of” Reclaim your Heart” and to deliver a talk on the empowerment of women.
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I recently fell ill with Guillain Barre Syndrome, which is an autoimmune disorder caused by progressive damage to the peripheral nervous system; I was in my second year of university when I started feeling extremely tired, with constant pins and needles in my hands and feet. I progressively lost control of my limbs, and within a week was unable to…
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Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first male believer in Islam, the Prophet’s standard-bearer in battle, the door of the City of Knowledge, the most judicious of the Companions, and the “Possessor of a wise heart and enquiring tongue.” His mother was Fatima bint Asad, whom the Prophet called his own mother and at whose grave he made a remarkable intercession.…
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Since the previous article, I’m sure you have been continuously waiting on the edge of your seat to find out why the trek was going to be cancelled at the very last minute. We ourselves did not know; a second e-mail a few hours later bore the news that, Alhamdulillah, the trip was back on! The shotgun decision to overturn…
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So when I was first told about this, I was very apprehensive. If you know me, you know that physical activity and I do no go well together. At all. But knowing it was for charity, I agreed to do it, thinking, who knows we might just win- UCL sisters are VERY competitive after all! Tuesday arrives, the day before…
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“Ultimately, the question was about the nature of the dunya as a place of fleeting moments and temporary attachments. As a place where people are with you today, and leave or die tomorrow. But this reality hurts our very being because it goes against our nature. We, as humans, are made to seek, love, and strive for what is perfect and what…
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In November 2011, The Independent newspaper published an article about the many people who are converting to Islam in the UK. The article focused on the struggles of these new converts, and the lack of help and support available for them. I was at the time, by the grace of Allah (SWT), a convert of just 3 months, and thus…
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When was the last time you told your parents you loved them? – “Bro, I have a reputation to uphold. Plus, it’s bare awkward.”
When was the last time you thanked your mother for cooking dinner? – “She’s a housewife; it is part of the job spec!”
I hope you don’t possess the above attitude, but sadly, some do. We…
The meaning of family, to me, has nothing whatsoever to do with biological factors. Obviously, biological factors are important, but when it comes down to it, whether someone is genetically related to you or not, doesn’t in any way, make them less of a family to you. The love you have for your family is something that goes far deeper…
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As human beings and Muslims we are given many blessings by Allah (Swt), so many in fact that most of the time (including myself) we forget what we have been given.
Once upon a time society used to revere our elders, love them, treat them with respect, and learn from their vast experience. The concept of shouting at our parents,…
I have been watching “One Every Minute” quite avidly these last couple of weeks. It’s a show which follows the stories of expecting mothers and culminates in the delivery room where viewers can watch the mother deliver and share the first few moments of seeing her baby with her. The pain the mothers go through is excruciatingly painful to watch,…
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